Chest tube, left in place: Difference between revisions
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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*The most important distinction here is whether there was purely a '''[[Thoracentesis (diagnostic)]]''' or a therapeutic drainage done. | *The most important distinction here is whether there was purely a '''[[Thoracentesis (diagnostic)]]''' or a therapeutic drainage done. | ||
**As per the | **As per the rules for procedures, when at the same sitting there was a diagnostic procedure AND a therapeutic one, you code BOTH. | ||
***So if a chest tube is inserted and some of that fluid is sent off for diagnostic testing, then also code [[Thoracentesis (diagnostic)]] | |||
**There could be an unusual circumstance where a therapeutic drainage is done WITHOUT a tube being left in place, in which case instead of this code, you'd use components: | **There could be an unusual circumstance where a therapeutic drainage is done WITHOUT a tube being left in place, in which case instead of this code, you'd use components: | ||
***[[(T) Pleura]] plus | ***[[(T) Pleura]] plus | ||